Still from Songs from the Hole
Directed by: Contessa Gayles
Songs from the Hole
North Park Theatre
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Contessa Gayles (Dir), 106 minutes, USA, New York State Premiere
SOCIAL JUSTICE SPOTLIGHT
Director Contessa Gayles in attendance.
BIFF AUDIENCE AWARD WINNER (DOCUMENTARY)
At 15, he took a life. Three days later, his brother’s life was taken. A documentary visual album, SONGS FROM THE HOLE follows James “JJ’88” Jacobs through a musical opus of Hip-Hop and Soul, inspired by his innermost struggles as both a person who has committed and experienced violent harm, as he serves a double-life prison sentence.
The film interweaves the collective storytelling of its non-fiction participants with imagined representations of memories, dreams and spiritual dialogues set to its protagonist/writer’s original music.
Many thanks to the folks at The Film Collaborative.
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